it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now (NHB Modern Plays)

A luminous journey exploring the life of Dijana Polancec: professional romantic, eternal optimist and accidental prostitute. Winner of the John Whiting Award, 2010

Produced by acclaimed theatre company Clean Break.

it felt empty premiered at the Arcola Theatre, London in October 2009.

'unflinching... theatre that provokes in the best way, without lurid melodrama or sentimentality, but with wit and tenderness... demands that we watch and listen'

The Times

'superb... deeply painful and profoundly disturbing'

The Stage